Utah: AIM/Doncaster race report

AIM Autosport turned in a flawless top-five performance through almost
seven hours of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series finale on Saturday,
but contact from another competitor turned it into an 11th-place finish
just two minutes from the finish.

AIM Autosport turned in a flawless top-five performance through almost
seven hours of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series finale on Saturday,
but contact from another competitor turned it into an 11th-place finish
just two minutes from the finish. It was a disappointing end to a strong
season for the rookie team backed by Exchange Traded Gold, Barrick Gold
Corporation, RBC Financial Group and Telus' Mike Network.

Brian Frisselle and Burt Frisselle of Lynchburg, Va., and Mark Wilkins of
Toronto alternated driving the No. 61 Lexus-powered Riley Mk XI, keeping
it at or near the front of the field through the six-hour 51-minute race
on the 4.486-mile Miller Motorsports Park road course in Tooele, Utah.
With superior fuel strategy, the gold-backed Daytona Prototype car led
three times. Burt Frisselle was running sixth when he was hit by another
car about 45 minutes before the finish. The contact ultimately broke the
car's driveshaft and he dropped back through the field in the last two
minutes to finish 11th.

Doncaster Racing had a better finish, starting 12th in the GT class and
finishing fifth. Dave Lacey of Toronto drove the No. 17 MineStar / Tim
Hortons Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car first, trying a new helmet system that
didn't provide sufficient air. He finished his stint with an elevated
carbon-monoxide level that didn't allow him to get back behind the wheel.
Greg Wilkins of Toronto drove two stints, with Tom Papadopoulos of East
Hills, N.Y., taking a stint between. Darren Law of Phoenix, whose Daytona
Prototype car went out of the race early, substituted for Lacey and drove
the final hour, securing fifth place for the team.

Andrew Bordin (AIM co-owner): "I'm really proud of everybody. Our
drivers really evolved this year; they're becoming world-class drivers.
We all worked hard, we've learned as a team and our team has done really
well. We showed well today. If we didn't have any bad luck -- which
is a huge part of the equation in racing -- we would have done well.
There's all of next year and the year after that and the year after that
and the year after that, so it will come around for us."

Brian Frisselle: "It's the end of the year now and it's a little bit
disappointing way to end it. We showed a lot of potential all year and
during this race. It's a great group of guys; I love working with them.
I've got to thank Exchange Traded Gold, Performance Drink, CDOC, Lexus,
all our supporters for making this all possible. It was a fun year, it
was a learning year for the team and for all of us. It's not the way we
wanted to end it, but it's not always perfect. We'll come back next year
and hopefully win some races."

Burt Frisselle: "The last hour was absolutely chaos out there, but all
in all, it was a good day and I'm happy with the team's performance. A
lap and a half from the end, we broke a half-shaft after some contact
with the 23 car, but I was proud to be part of the team this year. I
think today we showed our performance and next year, the sky's the limit
for AIM."

Mark Wilkins: "The guys worked so hard and I was really, really hoping
for a top-five this weekend. For the majority of the race, that's the way
it was going. We had a really good setup, a really good car, all three of
us drove the wheels off it. It's a shame that the car didn't make the
end. It's definitely a tough one to end the year."

John Lacey (Doncaster partner): "I'm very pleased with a fifth-place
finish. David got some carbon-monoxide poisoning after doing a great
drive, Greg filled in nicely and Tom did a good job. We were able to get
Darren Law to fill in for David at the end. Hopefully, this fifth place
will get Darren the win in the Porsche championship worldwide. That would
be a terrific cap to the season."

Dave Lacey: "We tried a new helmet ventilation system this weekend and
think we got it wrong because as soon as I got out of the car, I just
felt absolutely queasy, like I'd been breathing carbon monoxide for an
hour and a half. I went to race medical and they did some blood tests and
the carbon-monoxide levels were elevated. I got some oxygen and I felt
like I was coming back a little bit, but race medical suggested that I
should not get back in the car. I'm really happy with the fifth place. We
didn't know where we were going to end up -- we made a lot of
changes overnight and they turned out well."

Darren Law: "I have to say thanks to John Lacey, Greg Wilkins and all
the guys at Doncaster for allowing me to do that. That's the second time
this season they let me jump in their car to try to run for Porsche
points, and hopefully it helped them keep it out front and get a good
finish, as well."

Tom Papadopoulos: "It's an absolutely wonderful way to end the year. We
were consistent and clean the whole race. It was fun, it was great! I
hope to do it many more times like this."

Greg Wilkins: "We had a great race today. Everybody just drove a really
consistent race and kept the car clean. We weren't really that quick over
the qualifying and practice, but it's a long race and we had a consistent
base. It's a nice way to end the season."